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24 Cards in this Set
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water that flows back into ocean after wave has broken
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backwash
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distance a wave travels
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fetch
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turn, bend, or wind in a river
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meander
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u-shaped lake formed by river erosion
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oxbow
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state in which small, light particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid or solid
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suspension
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pulling and rolling of large rocks by wind
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traction
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in constructive waves, the ______ is stronger than the __________. Destructive waves are vice versa
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swash, backwash
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finest sediment is found:
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mouth of river
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pyramidal peak formed when a glacier erodes a mountain on three or more sides
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horn
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downhill movement of rock and sediment caused by gravity
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mass wasting
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accumulation of unsorted rock and sediment deposited by a glacier
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moraine
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groove or scratch
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striation
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angular pile of broken rock found at the bottom of a mountain
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talus
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warning sign of frequent rockfall
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talus
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slanted telephone poles are evidence of _____
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creeps
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types of slope failure
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slides, slumps, falls
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slurry flows ______
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move more quickly than granular flows
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made of small, rich, nurient rich soil
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loamy
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large, fertile deposit of mostly silt carried long distances by wind
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loess
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when wind lifts sediment off the ground and carries it a short distance
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saltation
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velocity at which sediment is carried by wind
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terminal fall velocity
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velocity required to to transport sediment by wind
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treshold velocity
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row of trees or shrubs used to reduce the force of wind
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windbreak
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what causes wind erosion
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planting vegetation
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